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  <ul><li><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="#Configuring_Manager_Application_Access">Configuring Manager Application Access</a></li><li><a href="#List_of_Commands">List of Commands</a><ol><li><a href="#List_command">List command</a></li><li><a href="#Add_command">Add command</a></li><li><a href="#Remove_command">Remove command</a></li><li><a href="#Start_command">Start command</a></li><li><a href="#Stop_command">Stop command</a></li><li><a href="#Persist_command">Persist command</a></li></ol></li></ul>
</div><h3 id="Introduction">Introduction</h3><div class="text">
  <p>
    The <strong>Tomcat Host Manager</strong> application enables you to create,
    delete, and otherwise manage virtual hosts within Tomcat. This how-to guide
    is best accompanied by the following pieces of documentation:
  </p>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <a href="virtual-hosting-howto.html">Virtual Hosting How-To</a> for more
      information about virtual hosting.
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="config/host.html">The Host Container</a> for more information
      about the underlying xml configuration of virtual hosts and description
      of attributes.
    </li>
  </ul>

  <p>
    The <strong>Tomcat Host Manager</strong> application is a part of
    Tomcat installation, by default available using the following
    context: <code>/host-manager</code>. You can use the host manager in the
    following ways:
  </p>

  <ul>
    <li>
      Utilizing the graphical user interface, accessible at:
      <code>{server}:{port}/host-manager/html</code>.
    </li>
    <li>
      Utilizing a set of minimal HTTP requests suitable for scripting.
      You can access this mode at:
      <code>{server}:{port}/host-manager/text</code>.
    </li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    Both ways enable you to add, remove, start, and stop virtual hosts. Changes
    may be presisted by using the <code>persist</code> command. This document
    focuses on the text interface. For further information about the graphical
    interface, see
    <a href="html-host-manager-howto.html">Host Manager App -- HTML Interface</a>.
  </p>
</div><h3 id="Configuring_Manager_Application_Access">Configuring Manager Application Access</h3><div class="text">
  <p><em>The description below uses <code>$CATALINA_HOME</code> to refer the
    base Tomcat directory. It is the directory in which you installed
    Tomcat, for example <code>C:\tomcat9</code>, or
    <code>/usr/share/tomcat9</code>.</em></p>

  <p>
    The Host Manager application requires a user with one of the following
    roles:
  </p>

  <ul>
    <li>
      <code>admin-gui</code> - use this role for the graphical web interface.
    </li>
    <li>
      <code>admin-script</code> - use this role for the scripting web interface.
    </li>
  </ul>

  <p>
    To enable access to the text interface of the Host Manager application,
    either grant your Tomcat user the appropriate role, or create a new one with
    the correct role. For example, open
    <code>${CATALINA_BASE}/conf/tomcat-users.xml</code> and enter the following:
  </p>
  <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>&lt;user username="test" password="chang3m3N#w" roles="admin-script"/&gt;</code></pre></div>
  <p>
    No further settings is needed. When you now access
    <code>{server}:{port}/host-manager/text/${COMMAND}</code>,you are able to
    log in with the created credentials. For example:
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>$ curl -u ${USERNAME}:${PASSWORD} http://localhost:8080/host-manager/text/list
OK - Listed hosts
localhost:</code></pre></div>
  </p>
  <p>
    Note that in case you retrieve your users using the
    <code>DataSourceRealm</code>, <code>JDBCRealm</code>, or
    <code>JNDIRealm</code> mechanism, add the appropriate role in the database
    or the directory server respectively.
  </p>
</div><h3 id="List_of_Commands">List of Commands</h3><div class="text">
  <p>The following commands are supported:</p>
  <ul>
    <li>list</li>
    <li>add</li>
    <li>remove</li>
    <li>start</li>
    <li>stop</li>
    <li>persist</li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    In the following subsections, the username and password is assumed to be
    <b>test:test</b>. For your environment, use credentials created in the
    previous sections.
  </p>
  <div class="subsection"><h4 id="List_command">List command</h4><div class="text">
    <p>
      Use the <b>list</b> command to see the available virtual hosts on your
      Tomcat instance.
    </p>
    <p><i>Example command</i>:</p>
    <code>curl -u test:test http://localhost:8080/host-manager/text/list</code>
    <p><i>Example response</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>OK - Listed hosts
localhost:</code></pre></div>
  </div></div>
  <div class="subsection"><h4 id="Add_command">Add command</h4><div class="text">
    <p>
      Use the <b>add</b> command to add a new virtual host. Parameters used
      for the <b>add</b> command:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>String <b>name</b>: Name of the virtual host. <b>REQUIRED</b></li>
      <li>String <b>aliases</b>: Aliases for your virtual host.</li>
      <li>String <b>appBase</b>: Base path for the application that will be
      served by this virtual host. Provide relative or absolute path.</li>
      <li>Boolean <b>manager</b>: If true, the Manager app is added to the
      virtual host. You can access it with the <i>/manager</i> context.</li>
      <li>Boolean <b>autoDeploy</b>: If true, Tomcat automatically redeploys
      applications placed in the appBase directory.</li>
      <li>Boolean <b>deployOnStartup</b>: If true, Tomcat automatically deploys
      applications placed in the appBase directory on startup.</li>
      <li>Boolean <b>deployXML</b>: If true, the <i>/META-INF/context.xml</i>
      file is read and used by Tomcat.</li>
      <li>Boolean <b>copyXML</b>: If true, Tomcat copies <i>/META-INF/context.xml</i>
      file and uses the original copy regardless of updates to the application's
      <i>/META-INF/context.xml</i> file.</li>
    </ul>
    <p><i>Example command</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>curl -u test:test http://localhost:8080/host-manager/text/add?name=www.awesomeserver.com&amp;aliases=awesomeserver.com&amp;appBase/mnt/appDir&amp;deployOnStartup=true</code></pre></div>
    <p><i>Example response</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>add: Adding host [www.awesomeserver.com]</code></pre></div>
  </div></div>
  <div class="subsection"><h4 id="Remove_command">Remove command</h4><div class="text">
    <p>
      Use the <b>remove</b> command to remove a virtual host. Parameters used
      for the <b>remove</b> command:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>String <b>name</b>: Name of the virtual host to be removed.
      <b>REQUIRED</b></li>
    </ul>
    <p><i>Example command</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>curl -u test:test http://localhost:8080/host-manager/text/remove?name=www.awesomeserver.com</code></pre></div>
    <p><i>Example response</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>remove: Removing host [www.awesomeserver.com]</code></pre></div>
  </div></div>
  <div class="subsection"><h4 id="Start_command">Start command</h4><div class="text">
    <p>
      Use the <b>start</b> command to start a virtual host. Parameters used
      for the <b>start</b> command:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>String <b>name</b>: Name of the virtual host to be started.
      <b>REQUIRED</b></li>
    </ul>
    <p><i>Example command</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>curl -u test:test http://localhost:8080/host-manager/text/start?name=www.awesomeserver.com</code></pre></div>
    <p><i>Example response</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>OK - Host www.awesomeserver.com started</code></pre></div>
  </div></div>
  <div class="subsection"><h4 id="Stop_command">Stop command</h4><div class="text">
    <p>
      Use the <b>stop</b> command to stop a virtual host. Parameters used
      for the <b>stop</b> command:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>String <b>name</b>: Name of the virtual host to be stopped.
      <b>REQUIRED</b></li>
    </ul>
    <p><i>Example command</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>curl -u test:test http://localhost:8080/host-manager/text/stop?name=www.awesomeserver.com</code></pre></div>
    <p><i>Example response</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>OK - Host www.awesomeserver.com stopped</code></pre></div>
  </div></div>
  <div class="subsection"><h4 id="Persist_command">Persist command</h4><div class="text">
    <p>
      Use the <b>persist</b> command to persist a virtual host into
      <b>server.xml</b>. Parameters used for the <b>persist</b> command:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>String <b>name</b>: Name of the virtual host to be persist.
      <b>REQUIRED</b></li>
    </ul>
    <p>
      This functionality is disabled by default. To enable this option, you must
      configure the <code>StoreConfigLifecycleListener</code> listener first.
      To do so, add the following listener to your <i>server.xml</i>:
    </p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>&lt;Listener className="org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreConfigLifecycleListener"/&gt;</code></pre></div>
    <p><i>Example command</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>curl -u test:test http://localhost:8080/host-manager/text/persist?name=www.awesomeserver.com</code></pre></div>
    <p><i>Example response</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>OK - Configuration persisted</code></pre></div>
    <p><i>Example manual entry</i>:</p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>&lt;Host appBase="www.awesomeserver.com" name="www.awesomeserver.com" deployXML="false" unpackWARs="false"&gt;
&lt;/Host&gt;</code></pre></div>
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